Re: [Tracker] Does Tracker really needs a keyfile?

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 09:31 +0800, Wukon_Hsieh acer com tw wrote:
> Hi,
> I built and run the test cases in Tracker using Meego handset image -
> "meego-handset-ia32-1.0.80.9.20100706.1-sdk-pre0729.tar.bz2", 
> and, I got an error message as following :


This is just a test for the flickr miner, as far as I know. On a proper
MeeGo or Harmattan release should this miner be disabled.

You indeed don't need the passwords.cfg file for normal operation.

> ...
> Tracker-CRITICAL **: Could not load GKeyFile password file, No such
> file or directory
> aborting...
> FAIL: tracker-password-provider-test
> ...
>
> After I traced the code, I understood that I need to add a keyfile at
> - "~/.config/tracker/passwords.cfg", and the content is like that:
>   [General]
>   description= 
>   username=
>   password=
>
> After I add this keyfile, all test cases passed!!
> So, I think the test cases might needs a keyfile.
> But, it will not be provided as default installation, strangely, it
> still works!?
> Does Tracker really needs a keyfile?
> What things might happen if we don't have it?
>
> Thinks.
>
> Wukon Hsieh
>
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